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hypertensive heart disease
Etiology:
- chronic hypertension
Pathology:
- left ventricular diastolic dysfunction
Special laboratory:
- electrocardigram:
- left ventricular hypertrophy
- left atrial enlargment
- echocardiography
- diastolic dysfunction
- preserved LV ejection fraction
Complications:
- diastolic heart failure
- atrial fibrillation due to left atrial enlargement
Management:
- treat chronic hypertension
- see left ventricular diastolic dysfunction
General
heart disease (cardiac disease)
complication of chronic hypertension
References
ICD9